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Wamuran's Andrea Mafliet, guidance officer at Woodford, with a photo of her partner Gavin Woods, who was deputy principal at Burpengary State School before taking his own life. Picture: Rae Wilson

Fight over phone bill could have lead to deputy’s suicide

THE minor argument a deputy principal had with his partner could have been “the straw that broke the camel’s back” on his path to suicide, a court has heard.

Health Minister Lawrence Springborg. Picture: john mccutcheon

Queensland health payroll is now Labor’s $1.25b blunder

THE Queensland Health payroll bungle may be the worst failure in public administration in Australia, a Commission of Inquiry has found.

Central Queensland

Queensland MP Peter Dowling

MP quits ethics post after photo of ‘member’ in red wine

A QUEENSLAND MP exposed as a serial sexter apologised for the shame and embarrassment he caused his wife and children as he quit his ethics committee post.

Central Queensland

Justine Jones. Picture: Contributed

Murder accused displayed ‘truly appalling conduct’

“YOU wouldn’t do that to a family pet dog let alone to someone you profess to have loved.”

Creditors move on Toowoomba builder for $16,000

Creditors move on Toowoomba builder for $16,000

TWO creditors are taking a Toowoomba home builder to court to begin wind-up proceedings to recover more than $16,000 they say are owed to them.

Bill Shorten. Picture: Rob Williams

Talks on school funding ‘incredibly frustrating’

THE Better Schools Plan funding war continued after Bill Shorten said his Queensland counterpart was “out of step with prevailing majority opinion”.

Justine Jones. Picture: Contributed

Forensics say Justine’s body badly damaged by compactor

JUSTINE Jones could have died from asphyxiation, but her body was too gruesomely damaged from a garbage compactor for a firm conclusion to be made.

Queensland Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie. Picture: Cade Mooney

Bleijie wants more offenders jailed under regime changes

QUEENSLAND’S first law officer is confident there is enough room in the state’s prisons to accommodate more offenders.

Central Queensland

Walter and Shirley Carbis. Pictured in Alstonville for Dementia awareness week. Picture: Patrick Gorbunovs

Strain on loving families as vulnerable elderly go missing

HUNDREDS of Queensland families are fraught with worry every year when older, vulnerable members go missing.

Accused’s bloody fingerprint found on doona, court told

Accused’s bloody fingerprint found on doona, court told

SCIENTISTS have matched a fingerprint fixed in Justine Jones’s blood on her discarded doona to the former lover accused of murdering her.

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